A method of operating a personal electronic device and an in-vehicle infotainment system includes running an application on one of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system. It is sensed that the personal electronic device has been, or soon will be, moved into or out of a proximity of the in-vehicle infotainment system. Information regarding a state of the one of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system is transferred to the other of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system. An application is selected for the other of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system. The selected application is used to replicate the state of the one of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system on the other of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system.
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1. A method of operating a personal electronic device and an in-vehicle infotainment system, the method comprising the steps of: running an application on one of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system; displaying information regarding the running of the application on a display screen of the one of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system; positioning the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system such that the display screen of the one of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system is disposed within a field of view of an optical sensor of an other of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system; using the optical sensor to capture at least one image of the display screen; analyzing the captured image to thereby extract information regarding a state of the one of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system; selecting an application for the other of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system, the selecting being dependent upon the extracted information; and using the selected application to replicate the state of the one of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system on the other of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system.
2. The method of claim 1 comprising the further step of recognizing text content and/or objects on the display screen.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the optical sensor comprises a video camera.
4. The method of claim 1 comprising the further step of using the optical sensor to search for an identification tag, a bar code, or a specific image on the one of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system.
5. The method of claim 1 comprising the further step of analyzing the captured image in order to determine an activity being performed by a user.
6. The method of claim 5 wherein the selecting step is dependent upon the determined activity being performed by the user.
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